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So superficial people who want to look good is the same thing as athletes competing on a supposed level playing field. OK, got it.

 

Gerloldo.

 

The underlying motivation - I'm going to take this chemical to improve my performance and not for health reasons - is similar. To me, at least. You may see it differently. And that's great.

 

Yeah totally the same thing.

 

Similar. Not same.

 

On top of all the Michelle shit, sounds like three guys met at a bar and decided to start a rumor. And the rest is another international flustercluck mostly of his own making for DT.

 

It was around $800k total for the initial hospital stay. In fairness, he had extensive severe injuries, required a number of surgeries and also skilled nursing care in one of the high end ICU's. That said, I could have paid premiums to United Healthcare for the rest of my life and they wouldn't have made their money back. As often as I badmouthed their coverage while we used them, when it came to this they didn't bat an eye and paid damn near everything. Thank god. Just the freaking copays over the next two years about killed us. Meds, the neuropsych, various therapies, leg braces, yadda yadda.

Yes, I agree with you, medicine largely for profit is a big part of it. Add in a hundred insurance companies duplicating services and the utter impossibility of comparison shopping for price. I've *been* a care provider who had no way to tell a patient what I was about to do was going to cost. The best answer I had was "Call the customer service number on the back of your insurance card and see if they can tell you."

 

I believe they should have an awards show for pharma ads. Here are some of the proposed categories:

Best Network TV-Friendly Euphemism For Sex
Best Network TV-Friendly Euphemism (Non-Sex Division)
Most Lopsided Ratio of Commercial to Side Effects
Longest List of Side Effects
Fastest Reading of a List of Side Effects
Most Unappealing List of Side Effects
Most Unappealing Single Side Effect
Achievement in Obfuscation for What This Pill Really Does
Most Obscure Ailment Addressed
Best Adapted Screenplay

 

The "debate" about health insurance so far is high-level ignorance.

Even healthy people will have ailments that don't result from an abortion or an accident. I know this goes against pre-conceived notions and talking points, but I can assure you it's true.

 

I asked some medical people about this, and they say they have to disclose risks like that, even if they are highly unlikely, to avoid some types of lawsuits.

 

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